Pregnant Kelly Clarkson Plans to Release Album This Year!

Celebrity takes on Twitter run the gamut. Some start feuds, some have their minions tweet for them, and others let us non-stars in on what it's like to be them. Luckily for us, American Idol's inaugural winner, Kelly Clarkson falls into that last category.

Kelly has been very open about her pregnancy thus far but, what's even better, she recently let a fan know via tweet that she's not letting baby hold her back when it comes to the release of her next album.

"I am writing now & gonna be recording soon. We're aiming to release my next album at the end of this year :)," Kelly messaged on January 31.

Hooray! Making this news all the sweeter is the vote of confidence Kelly recently got from a music industry bigwig. Mega-hit producer Claude Kelly told ABC News Radio (via Singers Room) that this record will have a little bit of everything.

"I've written some stuff [for her] that's very, very pop, like, straight down the middle pop, and she adds all the bells and whistles to it," Claude said. "Kelly is the kinda person where her voice kinda dictates anything, so it can go anywhere from a little country-leaning to a little dance-leaning, so I think she's taking a bit of everything and making it her own with her voice."

We know she's going to be an incredible mom — especially having so much practice with husband Brandon Blackstock's two kids from a previous marriage — but we are glad to hear we can still expect great music from Kelly, too! It's an even more impressive feat considering how sick she's been thus far in her pregnancy.

The singer, who is not one to mince her words, tweeted, "Didn't throw up once from pregnancy while walking my dogs#smallvictory#TMI."

And when she shared the news that she’s having a girl, Kelly wrote, "We just found out we're having a girl officially! I knew it! Only a girl could cause this much drama with all this vomiting ha!"

Don't you just love this girl? Are you anxiously awaiting the release of Kelly's next album? Too excited to be nervous? Tell us your thoughts in the comments!